Review
RED 'Retired Extremely Dangerous' (sounds like me). In 2010 "RED" earned twice what it took to make so I guess a sequel was inevitable and three years later fans of the first which included this particular onetime agent will enjoy the second.
Like all sequels it's a mixture of the old (and most of them are old) gang and some newcomers so Bruce Willis John Malkovich Helen Mirren Brian Cox and MaryLouise Parker reprise their roles (Mirren is great and has a wonderful line about being the Queen of England) while arrivals included Anthony Hopkins Catherine Zeta Jones and South Korean Byunghun Lee.
This constellation of stars is combined with heavy weaponry and light humour in a plot that is puerile (something about red mercury don't ask) and peripatetic (bouncing between London Paris and Moscow although the studio work was shot in Canada). It's not James Bond or Jason Bourne but it gives older actors and viewers plenty of fun.
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